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Welcome to Fountain Green ...

Fountain Green is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountain Green, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

A typical abbreviation for Fountain Green: Fountain Grn.

Fountain Green is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fountain Green lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fountain Green: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Fountain Green ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fountain Green - they are located in Illinois and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fountain Green.

Communities near Fountain Green ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fountain Green.

  • Aberdeen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Havre de Grace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • New Freedom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Perryville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • North East
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rising Sun
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewartstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlestown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Port Deposit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Delta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Delta is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fountain Green. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fountain Green.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fountain Green. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain Green.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain Green. See our Newspapers Page for Fountain Green.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fountain Green ...

Looking for more information about Fountain Green? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fountain Green, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fountain Green.

Adding Fountain Green to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fountain Green in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fountain Green was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fountain Green post office opened in 1862. The Fountain Green post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fountain Green.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Harford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fountain Green - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Fountain Green area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Fountain Green area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/